Felly-band and rim for wheels.



0. H. ALBERT FELLY BAND AND EIMYFOR WHEELS. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 11, 1913. 1,093,234. Patented Apr. 14, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

q. HM m W O. H. ALBERT. FELLY BAND AND RIM FOR WHEELS. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 11, 1913.

1,098,234. Patented A r.14,1914.

V 2 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2. 1 M3 '51 14 l mas-5 is; Ava/awry ,6 6% V cizarzesflfiiberi barren srn rnsr a rnn'r ornnon GHARLES H. ALBERT, OF INDIANAFOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO EDWABD A. PO'IPJIER AND J. CARLYLE LUDS, BOTH 0F INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

' BELLY-BAND AND RIM 556R WHEELS.

, Specification e Lettersilatent.

' Patented a t. la, rent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES H. ALBERT, a citizen of the United States,- residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion'and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Felly-Bands and Rims for \Vheels, of which the follow ing is a specification. Y j

The object of this invention is to provide a fellyeband to be used 'on wheels with wooden fellies and also on metal wheels with wire spokes, in combination with a quickly demountable and separable rim, and eccen tric clamps for locking the rim to the telly,

which clamps will remain intact on the rim at all times so they cannot be lost.

I accomplish the above and other objects which will hereinafter appear, by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fi incl 15 a side elevation of a metal i whee with wire spokes embodying my invention, the rim being broken away in art to show the inside construction, inclu ing the telly-band. Fig. 2 is across section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig.3 is a vertical section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. .Fig. 4 is drawings.

- merely by way of illustration.

, rings is for securing 1 and for that reason VVhile' I have shown my inventionas applied to an all-metal wheel with wire spokes it is equally applicable to a wooden wheel,

I do not limit my invention to the kind of wheel shown, but desire that to be understood as here selected Iteferrin I to the drawings 7 is the wheel hub, 8 the elly-band which is here shown as having an inside annular flange 9, and 10 are wire spokes connecting the telly-band, or its flange 9, with the hub.

The rim is preferably formed in two annular sect-ions 11 and 12, each of which have outwardly turned annular flanges 13 integral with their outer edges for securing the side the usual, clencher and straight side tires, in the usual manner. A clencher tire 15 is shown on the wheel illustrated in Fig. 1-. The rim is thus made into annular parts in order: that saidv parts may be detached from eachJOIt-her to facilitate the removal and assemblyflof the tire 15, and to make this two-part rim 'structure firm and solid when assembled as. a'unit I reduce the diameter of the major inner portion of the section 11, and correspondinglyincrease the inside diameter of the section 12 so the said major and inner portionsroi' the two sections will fit together telescopically, in the manner as is clearly illustrated in Figs. 2

sections brace and support each other and for all practical purposes operate as a onepiece riin while-supporting the tire and while the wheel is inuse, but by the construction above described and as shown the two sections of'thc rim are readily detachable for tire manipulating purposes.

Both rim-sections 11 and 12 have an equal number of cars 16 extending inwardly and radially, and arranged in oppositely disposed pairs, which pairs. are also equidistant from each other measured circumferentially of the rim! I have. shown six pairs of said cars 16 in the wheel illustrated in Fig. 1, but a greater or less number of ears may be used. Each pair of ears 16 is perforated to form the journals of a cam-bolt 17. Formed on the bolt 17 are two eccentric cylindrical enlargements 18. These are separated from each other sufficiently to receive a locking flange on the telly-band between them. but otherwise they occupy the entire space between the pair of ears 16, and in fact, act as spacersto aid in properly separating each pair of cars. The hole through the ear 16 on the rim-section 11 is preferably screw threaded and the correspondingly threaded end of the bolt 17 is screwed therein and retained The opposite end of the bolt 17 is also screw-threaded to receive a nut 20 on that portion of it which projects outside of the car on the rim-section 12. The hole in the car 1601 section 12 is not screw-threaded. After the bolt 1'7 has been passed through the hole. in ear 16 of section 12 and the nut 20 positioned on its projecting end, the nut is secured thereon against rotation by a pin or key 21;, whereby theturningof nut 20 will cams 18.

The bolts 17 are and 4:. By this construction the two jointed correspondingly rotate-the bolt 17 and its by an outside nut 19 acting as a jam-nut.

supported far enough in its from the rim of the wheel to permit of their cams 18 being turned outwardly as shown in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 3, andthe felly band 8 is formed with a semi-cylindrical inward bend or corrugation 22, concentric with the axis of the bolt 17, opposite each bolt, and of such diameter as to permit the cams 18 to move through it with a tight fit when the bolt 17 is turned to the position shown in full lines in Figs. 1, 2 and 8. In a wheel with wire spokes this'eorrugation or bridge 22 materiall strengthens the wheel structure. Forme integrally with the .fe'lly-band inside of and midway of the ends of the bends 22 is a flange or rib 23 which enters thespace between the pair of cams 18 on the bolt 17 and locks the .bolt against longitudinal movement by contact with said cams.

By turning the bolts 17 so their cams 18 will be outward or against the rim-sections 11 and 12 the rim will beunlocked from the felly band and: remainder of the wheeland the rim can be demounted by a side movement. When' it is desired to detach the rimsections 11 and 12, this may be done by removing the nut 19 and then rotating the bolt until it is screwed out of the ear 16 of section 11. This operation when all of the bolts are thus unscrewed also unjoints the twosections telescopically and leaves the section 11 in condition to be moved away from thesection 12. y

Connecting the ears 16 are annular flanges 24 and 25. The flange 24"eXtends in to but does. not overlap the telly-band 8 (see Fig. 4:)"thereby closing the space between the rim and band to exclude foreign matter from the space between them while permitting the band 8 to ass the" flange in demounting the I rim. The ange 25 extends farther inwardly .of the wheel andoverlaps theband, thereby even more efiectually closing the space between the band and rim and also acting as a.

stopto aid in properly assembling the band in the rim.

Copies ofljahis patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

WhileI have described-my invention with more or less minuteness as regards details of construction and arrangement and .as being embodied in certain precise forms, I do not desire to be limited thereto unduly or any more than is pointed out in the claims. On

the contrary I contemplate all proper changes in form, construction, and arrangement, the omission of immaterial elements and the substitution of equivalents as circumstances may suggest or as necessity may I claim- 1. In a wheel, a rim, a 'pli1raliiy of came bolts extending transversely of and located on the side of the rim toward the axis of the wheel and rotatively secured to the rim, and

a felly-band adjacent to the rim having indentations in which the bolts and cams are assembled and to which the rim is locked bv the contact of the cams with said band.

2. In a wheel, a rim having inwardly projected ears in pairs, a bolt for each pair of ears journaledin holes in the ears, a pair of spaced-apart cams on each bolt and a felly band adjacent the rim having indentations to receive the bolts and cams, each indenta tion having a rib transverse thereto to enter thespace between said pair of cams.

3. In a wheel, a rim having ears in oppositely disposed pairs, a belt for each pair of ears journaled in holes in the ears, a pair of spaced-apart cams on each bolt, a felly band adjacent to the rim receiving the bolts and cams between it and the .rim and an external circumferential rib on the felly band to enter the space between said pairof cams when the cams are in contact Wlth the felly'band.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 30th day of October, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

CHARLES H. ALBERT. [1 s.] Witnesses:

J CARLYLE LEEDS, EDW RD A. Por'rnn.

Washington, D2 0.- 

